Palit and Gainward Announce RTX 4060 Infinity 2 and Python 2 Graphics Cards

[btarunr]

Palit, and its sister brand Gainward, announced the GeForce RTX 4060 Infinity 2, and GeForce RTX 4060 Python 2 custom design graphics cards, respectively. Both cards feature an identical board design, differing only with their badging and outer boxes. Palit and Gainward seem to sell in the same markets, so you could pick either between the two. The card features identical dimensions to the Palit RTX 4060 DUAL V1 and the Gainward RTX 4060 Ghost V1 (which at least differ with their cooler shroud design).

Both cards get the same pair of 92 mm fans with idle fan-off. So why did Palit/Gainward come up with these? Apparently, cooler shroud of the Infinity 2 and Python 2 lack an RGB LED lighting element that you find on the Palit DUAL V1 and Gainward Ghost V1. The heatsink designs are changed, too. While the Palit DUAL V2 and Gainward Ghost V2 use an aluminium fin-stack heatsink, the newer cards come with an extruded aluminium monoblock heatsink that uses a copper heatpipe to spread heat. The shroud features an S-shaped design element going around the fan intakes, Palit sees the infinity symbol, while Gainward sees a python. Both cards stick to NVIDIA-reference clock speeds for the RTX 4060, of 2460 MHz boost, and 17 Gbps (GDDR6-effective) memory. Palit and Gainward may price the Infinity 2 and Phython at at the ever-shifting baseline price for the RTX 4060, which is now nearing $250 in some places.



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[Chaitanya]

that 3rd picture shows the stupidity of engineer who decided to put a flow through cutout on heatsink that doesnt have opening for air to flow through.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Interesting use of backplate. Have cutouts for better cooling then almost completely block it up so nothing can flow through it. No doubt one of their cheapest range of GPUs.

 

[Chrispy_]

Cost-cutting to make a cheaper, inferior card.

I'm fine with that if it actually sells for less, but I don't think that happens, since Nvidia interfere with pricing and penalise both AIBs and retailers that undercut their stranglehold on pricing.

I'll reserve judgement until I see the street prices on these, but for now it's yet another bottom-of-the-barrel pair of cards built down to the absolute minimum cost and quality.

 

[Raptor_i]

Plastic "backplate", cutout over block of aluminum with no airflow

 

[Dristun]

that 3rd picture shows the stupidity of engineer who decided to put a flow through cutout on heatsink that doesnt have opening for air to flow through.

Don't think anyone engineered this specifically, probably just reusing spare parts and marketing said "there's gotta be a backplate!"

 

[Chaitanya]

Don't think anyone engineered this specifically, probably just reusing spare parts and marketing said "there's gotta be a backplate!"

Still somehas spent time putting together this product based on someone's request in the company.

 

[bug]

that 3rd picture shows the stupidity of engineer who decided to put a flow through cutout on heatsink that doesnt have opening for air to flow through.

And let's not forget Python 2, which will be completely incompatible with an upcoming Python 3

Joking aside, you don't want airflow there anyway, it would only let warm air flow onto your CPU. They probably only wanted to save a few grams of metal. If they sell a billion of these, it adds up